Chris Brown: I Wanted to Release 'Anger Inside Me'
Chris Brown publicly apologizes for violent outburst.
March 24, 2011 — -- Chris Brown publicly apologized for his backstage blowup on the set of Good Morning America, saying he needed to let off steam and that he didn't hurt anyone.
"First of all, I want to apologize to anybody who was startled in the office, or anybody who was offended or really disappointed in my actions, because I was disappointed in the way I acted and, you know, a lot of people don't know what went down," Brown said in a rambling message on BET's 106 & Park.
After Chris Brown's "GMA" appearance Tuesday to promote his album, F.A.M.E., the singer stormed backstage in a rage. A cooler was thrown and the dressing room window was broken.
"We appreciate he apologized to the staff because they were shaken by his violent outburst," Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts said.
On the BET program, Brown expressed his frustration over being asked a question about his past in the GMA interview.
During Tuesday's interview, Roberts asked Brown about the status of the restraining order against him stemming from a felony assault case involving his ex-girlfriend, pop singer Rihanna.
"Recently, the restraining order against you that Rihanna had issued has been relaxed," Roberts said Tuesday. "Have you seen each other, been around each other?"
"Not really," Brown said. "It's not a big deal to me as far as that situation. ... This album is what I want to focus on and not something that happened two years ago."
Brown told the audience of the video countdown show on BET that he had sent talking points that didn't include questions about Rihanna.
"When I do interviews, we always send out a talking point sheet, you know, and if the network or whoever isn't complying with what we want to do...we usually kind of back out and wait until it's a better situation," Brown said on BET.
In a prepared statement, ABC News said, "Chris Brown was invited on 'Good Morning America' to perform and to be interviewed. There were no talking points offered."
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